Journal of Membrane Science, 26 (1986) 237-238 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam -Printed in The Netherlands

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Meeting Announcements

Fourth World FiEtra tion Conference, 0s tend, Belgium, April 22-25, 1986. Several sessions will be presented. For further information, contact the World Filtration Congress, Jan van Rijswijcklaan 58, B-2018, Antwerp, Belgium.

8th School of Biophysics of Membrane Transport, Mierki, Poland, May 4-l 3, 1986. The co-organizers are the Department of Physics and Biophys- ics of the Agricultural University of Wroclaw and the Institute of Biochem- istry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. For further information please contact Dr. Teresa Broda, Department of Physics and Biophysics, Agricultural University, Norwida 25, 50-375 Wroclaw, Poland; telex: 0715327 arwpl.

Engineering Foundation Conference on “Recovery of Bioproducts,” Uppsala, Sweden, May 1 l-l 6, 1986. The meeting is organized in coopera- tion with the European Federation of Biotechnology, Working Party on Downstream Processing. For further information please contact Professor G. Schmidt-Kastner, Bayer AG, Friedrich Ebert-Str. 212, D-5600 Wupper- tall, F.R.G.

American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, Denver, Colorado, U.S. A., June 8-l 2, 1986. Two of the sessions to be presented are “Membranes: Theory and Application” and “Polymer Science in Energy Applications”. For further information on the first session please contact Dr.. Richard D. Noble or Mr. J. Douglas Way, Center for Chemical Engineering, 773.10, National Bureau of Standards, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80303, U.S.A.; telephone: (303) 497-3416. The second session will focus on such topics as Polymers in New Energy Technologies, New Polymeric Materials (synthesis, characterization, physical chemistry, physics and engineering), and Properties of Polymers (optical, electrical, mechanical, and environmental stability). Theoretical and experimental contributions are welcome, as well as overviews. For further information please contact Dr. Hermann H. Neidlinger, Solar Energy Research Institute, Materials Branch, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, Colorado 80401, U.S.A.; telephone: (303) 231- 1388.

International Solvent Extraction Conference, Munich, F.R.G., August 28-September 2, 1986. For further information, contact the DECHEMA, P.O.B. 970146, D6000, Frankfurt am Main 97, F.R.G.

American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, California, U.S.A., September 7-12, 1986. Two of the sessions to be presented are

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“Chromatography and Separation Chemistry” and “Advances in Biological Separation Technology”. For further information on the first session, please contact Professor W. Jennings, Food Science Chemistry Annex, University of California, Davis, California 95616, U.S.A.; for further information on the second session, please contact Professor C.N. Ivory, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, U.S.A.; telephone (219) 239-5847.

International Membrane Conference on the 25th Anniversary of the Inception of Membrane Research in Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, September 24-26, 1986. The meeting will be sponsored by the National Research Council of Canada. For further information, please contact Dr. M. Malaiyandi, B-19, Environmental Health Centre, Health and Welfare Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KlA OL2; telephone (613) 990-9077.

American Chemical Society National Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 5-l 0, 1987. One of the sessions to be offered is entitled “Separations Science and Technology Award Symposium”. For further information, please contact Dr. James D. Navratil, Rockwell International, P-0. Box 464, Golden, Colorado 80401, U.S.A.; telephone (303) 966-7000.